diff --git a/net/rds/connection.c b/net/rds/connection.c
index 19a4fee..f505855 100644
--- a/net/rds/connection.c
+++ b/net/rds/connection.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 	struct hlist_head *head = rds_conn_bucket(laddr, faddr);
 	struct rds_transport *loop_trans;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret;
+	int ret, i;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	conn = rds_conn_lookup(net, head, laddr, faddr, trans);
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@
 
 	conn->c_trans = trans;
 
+	init_waitqueue_head(&conn->c_hs_waitq);
+	for (i = 0; i < RDS_MPATH_WORKERS; i++) {
+		__rds_conn_path_init(conn, &conn->c_path[i],
+				     is_outgoing);
+		conn->c_path[i].cp_index = i;
+	}
 	ret = trans->conn_alloc(conn, gfp);
 	if (ret) {
 		kmem_cache_free(rds_conn_slab, conn);
@@ -263,14 +269,6 @@
 			kmem_cache_free(rds_conn_slab, conn);
 			conn = found;
 		} else {
-			int i;
-
-			for (i = 0; i < RDS_MPATH_WORKERS; i++) {
-				__rds_conn_path_init(conn, &conn->c_path[i],
-						     is_outgoing);
-				conn->c_path[i].cp_index = i;
-			}
-
 			hlist_add_head_rcu(&conn->c_hash_node, head);
 			rds_cong_add_conn(conn);
 			rds_conn_count++;
@@ -668,6 +666,7 @@
 
 void rds_conn_drop(struct rds_connection *conn)
 {
+	WARN_ON(conn->c_trans->t_mp_capable);
 	rds_conn_path_drop(&conn->c_path[0]);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rds_conn_drop);